Thimbleweed Park, a great new adventure game by some of the key talent behind Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island, sets up several mysteries that are never quite resolved. Does that matter? Director Ron Gilbert argues not.

Early in Thimbleweed Park, a new graphical adventure game, a pair of pigeon-suited plumbers tell you not to worry about dying, because there’s no way to lose in this game. “But playing classic adventure games has taught me to save often,” your hero replies.

Did you grow up with games like Monkey Island? Does the name Fred Edison conjure fond memories? Do you often wonder whether Zak McKracken was underrated or just not very good? Thimbleweed Park is probably the video game for you.

Maniac Mansion and TheSecret of Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert has been quietly releasing some amazing pieces of gaming history on his official website. Today, he's uploaded a look of his first design document for Lucasfilm Games. The unproduced game would've been called I Was A Teenage Lobot, and marked the first…

Oh my goodness. OH MY GOODNESS. Ron Gilbert, best known as the creator of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion, just launched a Kickstarter for a brand new old-school point-and-click adventure game that looks just about incredible.

In a lot of ways, Maniac Mansion is where it all began for Lucasarts (or Lucasfilm Games, as it was know back then). The company's first big adventure game hit, it set the tone for a decade of classic titles that would define PC gaming for an entire generation.

Ron Gilbert, the developer responsible for classic adventure games like Maniac Mansion and The Secret of Monkey Island, has left longtime collaborator Tim Schafer's Double Fine Productions, Gilbert revealed tonight in a post at his personal blog.